The Third Hokage had gone to the Land of Iron to attend the Five Kage Summit and was not in the village.
Yet the village was anything but peaceful.
Instead, news that the Hokage intended to remake Sarutobi Boruto Chronicle began to spread.
"Have you heard? To correct the errors in Uchiha Naruto Chronicle and Uchiha's slander of the Will of Fire, the Hokage has decided to remake Sarutobi Boruto Chronicle so everyone can see what the real Konoha, the true Will of Fire, and a real Jinchuriki are actually like."
"Since the Hokage himself decided to make it, there's no need to come up with nonsense like Uchiha's Nine-Tails Demon Monkey. They'll film the Nine-Tailed Fox directly."
"Even the Hokage, Lord Jiraiya, the village advisers, and Konoha's Hokage Rock—the symbol of Konoha... they'll all appear as they truly are. Unlike Uchiha, they won't deliberately distort the image of our Konoha because they couldn't get permission."
The rumor spread at astonishing speed. In just a few days, it had reached nearly the entire Land of Fire.
Even other countries in the Shinobi World soon learned of it.
For a time, discussions erupted everywhere.
Some even began boycotting Uchiha Naruto Chronicle.
"Uchiha Naruto Chronicle is trash that smears Konoha. Who needs to watch that kind of movie? I'll just wait for Sarutobi Boruto Chronicle and watch real Konoha ninja."
"Exactly! A movie like Uchiha Naruto Chronicle, made solely to seize power and packed with self-serving propaganda—only an idiot would watch it."
For a time, the blazing box office of Uchiha Naruto Chronicle was instantly curbed.
"Good, good, good..." Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were overjoyed when they received the news.
"Those damned Konoha Leadership people actually used such despicable tactics, copying our movie and even slandering us?" The Uchiha